General Education at The University of Texas at El Paso

If you plan to study general education, take a look at what The University of Texas at El Paso has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and approximately 24,879 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Education section at the bottom of this page.

UTEP General Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education
• Master’s Degree in Education

UTEP General Education Rankings

The education major at UTEP is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Education Student Demographics at UTEP

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at The University of Texas at El Paso.

UTEP General Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 7% of education bachelor's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 60% more racial-ethnic minorities in its education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at El Paso with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	257
White	5
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UTEP General Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of education master's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in education each year. UTEP does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 25% more men than average.

In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 80% of degree recipients. That is 43% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at El Paso with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	2
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within General Education

General Education majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas at El Paso. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Education	6

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Student Counseling
• Special Education
• Educational Administration
• Curriculum & Instruction

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for The University of Texas at El Paso.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Education Professors	4,620	$65,520

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Adrian Garcia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.